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| Title | Planned route of Empire Way (Martin Luther King Jr. Way), Seattle, ca. 1925 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1925 |
| Caption | When it was built, this road was named Empire Way after railroad baron James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder." The name was changed to Martin Luther King Jr. Way in 1983. The route went through Rainier Valley, crossing Rainier Avenue in front of Franklin High School. It continued southwest going through a cut in Beacon Hill and then along the west side of Beacon Hill, eventually going east into Renton. |
| Notes | Handwritten on verso: Rohrer house near Brandon St. & future Empire Way. White lines are plans for Empire Way. |
| Subjects | City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
Road construction--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Rainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection |
| Accession Number | 93.001.630 |
| Ordering Information | To order a copy of this photograph, please email Rvhsoffice@aol.com and mention the Accession Number. |
| Repository | Rainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle |
| Repository Collection | Hall-Summers Collection |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 3 1/2 x 5 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
